Send to KindleOver time, I will add resources to this website that will help you explore the night sky. And if you are a teacher, you will find the resources helpful in your teaching of some sections of the Australian Curriculum: Science Earth & Space Sciences component. Amazing Space! Student Newsletter Download a free ‘Amazing […]
Send to KindleIntroduction Heavens-Above.com provides free customised information for your location including whole sky star charts, predictions for the visibility of the International Space Station and other satellites (including Iridium flares). Bookmarks for all capital cities are provided below. If you are located elsewhere, you can customise one of the below links to your location. […]
Send to KindleFree student astronomy newsletter You can download a free ‘Amazing Space!’ student newsletter for each term. The newsletter’s content will vary but currently includes finder charts for planets visible to the unaided eye (in the early evening sky), where to look for easily recognisable constellations and Moon phases for the months of that […]
October 2013 Sky & Space Events
Send to KindleThese notes are intended to provide a casual sky watcher or someone already into amateur astronomy living in Eastern Australia with a summary of what is happening in the night sky in October 2013. The finder charts have been produced for an observer based on the Gold Coast (Queensland, Australia) but will be […]
September 2013 Sky & Space Events
Send to KindleThese notes are intended to provide a casual sky watcher or someone already into amateur astronomy living in Eastern Australia with a summary of what is happening in the night sky in September 2013. The finder charts have been produced for an observer based on the Gold Coast (Queensland, Australia) but will be […]
Where to look for the Perseid Meteor Shower as it peaks Tuesday morning
Send to KindleI write this post with some reluctance. While the Perseid meteor shower is one of the most regular annual meteor showers and produces 100 meteors per hour (under ideal conditions), it is best viewed from high Northern hemisphere latitudes. According to the International Meteor Organisation, the Perseid meteor shower will peak between 11.45 […]
RT @SpaceflightNow: China’s Chang’e 3 lunar rover…
Send to KindleRT @SpaceflightNow: China’s Chang’e 3 lunar rover has launched on a Long March 3B rocket. spaceflightnow.com/china/change3/…
RT @m0lmk: @VirtualAstro Some great images! One of…
Send to KindleRT @m0lmk: @VirtualAstro Some great images! One of the best launches I have ever watched. http://t.co/IBAYshJSf4
RT @VirtualAstro: Chinese lunar vehicle has now se…
Send to KindleRT @VirtualAstro: Chinese lunar vehicle has now separated from the launch vehicle and I must say it was an awesome image! http://t.co/7DI8p…
Thanks to the wonders of my Samsung Galaxy 3 phone’s camera … photo’s of Venus during the day!
Send to KindleI love modern technology. I am old enough to have wasted money using a film camera to try and get photo’s of the planets. I say try because the quality of my photos was terrible. Today you can just get out your phone and take a picture pointing at the eyepiece of your […]
Nova in Delphinus (with photo)
Send to KindleUnfortunately cloud has meant that I am just over a day too late to have captured an image of the nova in the constellation Delphinus The Dolphin at its brightest. For the record the image was recorded with a tripod mounted DSLR working at 6,400 ISO and a five second exposure. The lens […]
Venus during the day (with photo)
Send to KindleI have noticed that once Venus fades slightly past peak brightness, it gets much more difficult to locate in the day sky with the unaided eye. I put that theory to the test this afternoon as it is now only magnitude -4.0 and spend some time looking for Venus during the day. I […]